used to stabilise a heart undergoing cardiac arrest or to revive a crashing patient and provides shocks where needed.

Electrocardiogram (ECG) Monitor

provides a system of immobilisation and transportation of the patient with suspected spine trauma. The spinal board permits the first responders to lift the patient during extrication or transportation in difficult conditions.

piece of equipment meant to take the place of bagging (manual ventilation) when a patient who cannot breathe independently is being moved to a hospital.

used when the patient is bleeding internally and needs the building pressure on vital organs to be relieved. It is also used to remove fluids that have collected inside the body or the mouth and in situations that need an emergency procedure.

Infusion Syringe Pumps

used to either infuse or withdraw liquid into or from the patient’s body, at a defined flow rate with controlled target volumes.

of great use when the patient is located on a higher floor of a building, cannot move, or may worsen their condition with movement.

Patient Shifting Rolls

important if patient is not a traumatic one but is not able to move with their own legs.

for lifting of children, and come in various sizes depending on age of

child

the most used transport device from the patient home to the back of an ambulance is the ambulance chair.

A nebuliser is meant to vaporise liquid medication into a mist so that the patient can inhale it on the way to the hospital. This is used when medicine has to be administered critically to the patient for immediate relief.

can be used in fire survivors, patients with breathing difficulties such as asthma or to revive a collapsed patient. These include:

·         Oxygen Cylinder – used to replenish low oxygen levels

·         Oxygen Masks – different sizes for different volumes of oxygen

·         Nasal Oxygen Masks – provides low oxygen flow through nose

for measuring blood pressure. It consists in an inflatable rubber cuff which is applied to the arm and connected to a spring in a mechanical manometer, next to a graduated scale, enabling the determination of systolic and diastolic blood pressure by increasing and gradually releasing the pressure in the cuff.

·         Auxiliary batteries and battery management systems

·         Stretchers and restraint systems

·         Lowerable suspension

·         Stretcher lifts

Wrapped around broken arm or leg for protection. Splints have different shapes and measures so that they can adapt at best to the fractured or sprained joints.

Contains pads, sheets and umbilical cord scissors

for when patients are taking tablets

Makes vomit and urine solid to prevent spillage

placed in ear to monitor body temperature

Blood Glucose Test Kit

Airways

I-Gel Airway Device

Burns Kit

Neck brace

Pelvic Brace

Tourniquet

Nasal Clips

Razors

Defibrillator pads

Bandages and Pads

Micropore tape

Cannula

Intravenous (IV) set

Syringes

to administer medication and fluids

Saline Solution

Any Other Supplies